Metallic cross-tie



(No Model.)

W. P. PENNER; METALLIC GROSS-TIE.

N01 606,577; Patend June 28, 1898.

UNITED STATES APATENT GFFICE- WILLIAM FRANKLIN PENNER, or RICHARDsvILLE, KENTUCKY.

METALLIC CROSS-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersv Patent No. 606,577, dated June 28, 1898.

Application fue@ April 3,1898. saisine. 676,934. woman.)

To all whom/1175 may concern."

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FRANKLIN PENNER, va citizen of the United States, residing at Richardsville, in the county of Warren and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Metallic Cross-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements metallic cross-ties. v

The object of the presentinvention is to improve the construction of metallic cross-ties andto provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will be practically indestructible and which will provide a support for rails as elastic as the ordinaryv wooden cross-tie. Y Y

The invention consists inthe construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully-described,` illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings,'Figure 1 is a perspective view lof a metallic cross-tie constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4' is a detail view illustrating themanner of supporting the rails out of contact with the sides of the metallic cross-tie.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the 'figures ofthe draw- 1ngs. f

l designates a metallic cross-tie, comprising a horizontal bottom plate 2, sides 3, and top plates 4 and 5, consisting of central and endY sections having their adjacent ends spaced apart to receive rails 6 and recessed to form clamps 7 for engaging the bottom flanges of the rails, whereby the latter are securely fastened to the cross-tie without the use of spikes. The side pieces 8 are provided at their upper and lower edges with outwardly-extending flanges 8 and 9, having horizontal faces to t the bottom plate and the top plates. The bottom flanges are secured to thel bottom plate by rivets lO or other suitable fastening devices, and the upper flanges are detachably fastened to the top, plates by bolts 11. If desired, the central section o r plate 4 may be permanently secured to the sides 3; but the side plates 5 of the top are detachable in order to permit blocks 12 of Wood to be removed and renewed when necessary. Y

The blocks of wood which are arranged be- -neath the rails form elastic supports-for the same and lenable the metallic cross-tie to furnish as much elasticity or cushioning eect as the ordinary Woden tie. v Y Y The sides 3 are providedrat their upper edges with recesses 13 to receive the bottom portions of the rails, and the`blocks of Wood which are arranged between the sides 3 eX- 4tend above the bottoms of the recesses and support the rails out of contact with the metallic cross-tie. The blocks of wood are protected by being incased in the metallic crosstie, so thatthey do not require to be renewed at very short intervals, and they` may be readily taken out when the end sections are removed.

The invention has the following advantages The metallic cross-tie is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, it possesses strength and durability, and it is adapted to affordanelastic cushion equal to that affordedby an ordinary wooden cross-tie. The woodenv blocks may be replaced at a tritling cost, and by being housed within the cross-tie they will last for a long time. The cross-tie while having ,all the durability and strength of a metal cross-tie possesses at the same time all the advantagesof a wooden cross-tie.

Changes in the form," proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to [Without departing from the spirit or sacricing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

What I claim isv 1 Afdevice of the class described comprising a bottom plate, sides secured to the bottom plate and provided at their upper edges with recesses adapted to receive rails, the central and end top plates secured to the sides and provided at their adjacent edges with means for engaging the rails, the end plates being removable, and the blocks arranged between the sides and extending above the bot- -toms of the recesses and adapted to support IOO In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed lnysignatlu'e in 1o the presence of two Witnesses.

'ILLIABI FRANKIN IENNEIL lVituesses:

J oHN Il. PENNER, J. M. RUSSELL. 

